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On a spring afternoon in Clanton, Mississippi, when 10-year-old Tonya Hailey should have been attending to childlike things, two rednecks subjected her to a rape and beating so savage it would leave her scarred forever. Days later, unable to contain his grief and rage, her father, Carl Lee Hailey, took revenge against Tonya's attackers. Armed ... more »with an M-16 rifle, he pumped them full of bullets in a bloody courthouse massacre. To some, it was justice; to others, murder. Faced with the grim prospect of the gas chamber, Carl Lee sought help from Jake Brigance, a young ambitious attorney whose adrenaline surged as he took on Carl Lee's defense. It was a case that was attracting national attention, a case that could mean fame and fortune. In short, a trial lawyer's dream.« less